Conservative MPs are pressuring the Government to radically alter funding proposals for schools in Gloucestershire.

Senior Tories – including Cotswolds ex-MP Geoffrey Clifton-Brown – have urged the Prime Minister to abandon the funding reforms before the General Election on June 8.

The party uprising argues against the cuts which would see secondary schools in the Cotswolds and Stroud lose a combined £960,000. Mr Clifton-Brown said: "I have warned the Government that I will not support them until the formula has been changed."

Katharine Lady Berkeley School, in Wotton-under-Edge, would miss out on £117,000 annually, while Cotswold School and Chipping Campden would miss out on a combined £205,000 ( full table below ).

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Stroud MP Neil Carmichael questioned the distribution of finances and says there needs to be a "funding level which no school falls below".

Mr Carmichael said the proposals "need to be refined" and that he has "raised the issue with the Government on several occasions".

He added that the costs of running individual institutes need to be reflected and the size of establishments must also be considered.

In Stroud, every secondary school is set to lose out, amounting to a combined £383,000. Thomas Keble faces missing out on £92,000 while Rednock School and Marling would each receive £74,000 less annually.

Cheltenham MP Alex Chalk said the formula requires "major surgery" with several schools threatened by large funding cuts.

Mr Chalk added: "My stance is that it's absolutely right that the Government is grasping the nettle of unfair funding because we have been penalised for too long."

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"And that is why we have made it clear that we want to see changes to current funding proposals but we should be aware that changes may not necessarily lead to a better situation for schools in Gloucester."

Tewkesbury MP Laurence Robertson has also called for the formula to be modified. One of the town's six secondary schools – Chosen Hill – will lose £53,000 although the others are set to gain a combined £169,000.